Shipping and measuring vessel



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UNITED STATES CHARLES MINER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIPPING AND MEASURING VESSEL.

Application filed July 16, 1924. Serial No. 726,302.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES MINER, residing at 110 William Street, NewYork city, N. Y., and being a citizen of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Shipping and MeasuringVessel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and to use thesame, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, thoughit is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exactdetails of construction shown and described, as it is obvious thatvarious modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occurto persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a box embodying the invention.

Figure 2'*is an elevational view partly in full lines and partly insection showing a plurality of boxes conforming to the present inventionin stacked relation; and

Figure 3 is a partially full line and partially sectional elevationalview of a modified form of cover as hereinafter described.

The object of the invention is to provide a plurality of measuringpockets or receptacles of different and predetermined capacities whichare formed integrally with and preferably by pressing from a sheet metalcover or closure adapted to cooperate with any type of a shippingvessel, although preferably one of the general type illustrated in thedrawings, the object being to combine with the vessel or container acover or closure adapted to cooperate therewith in the conventionalmanner and at the same time provide a plurality of measuring pockets orreceptacles of, say one-half teaspoonful or any multiple thereof whichmay be desired, the receptacles being of different capacities and beingso arranged that the outer surfaces of the box or container, includingits cover, project to such a normal plane as will not interfere withconvenient stacking and packing for shipment of such containers.

To that end, the box 4: is provided with a cover 5, preferably of sheetmetal, in which there are formed a plurality-two in the drawings-ofreceptacles 6 and 7, the receptacle 6 being designed to be of a capacitywhen level full, while the cover is in an inverted position, of onehalfteaspoonful, and the receptacle 7 for example being, when in the sameposition, of one teaspoonful. It is evident that any multiple of thebeforementioned capacities may be employed and the number of pockets maybe increased, though a feature of the invention contemplates theprojection of the pockets to substantially the same plane, asillustrated in Figure 2, in which the upper plane of the pockets 6 and 7presents an intermitted horizontal surface adapted to permit the fiatbottom portion of the upper receptacle 4 to rest thereon, this beingtrue whether the bottom of the box is flanged downwardly or not, and forconvenience of illustration, it

will be noted that a flange 8 is shown as formed on the bottom containerof Figure 2, this flange ordinarily comprising the seamed portlon of atin box.

The receptacles 6 and 7 may be formed either by pressing in the cover 5so as to project outwardly and beyond the normal plane of the box cover,or may be formed as shown in Figure 3 as projecting inwardly of thecommon structure combining the receptacle and the cover so as not toproject beyond the normal exterior plane thereof, both types ofreceptacles being within the invention. The forms shown in Figures 1 and2 do not decrease the normal capacity of the container, Whereas when thepockets 6 and 7 are formed as shown in Figure 3, it will be obvious thatthe capacity of the boxes or containers 4 is diminished by the sectionalarea of the pockets, though the structure as a unit is somewhatreinforced and is better adapted to shipping.

What I claim is:

1. In a shipping vessel, a container, a cover adapted to cooperatetherewith with the normal plane of the cover substantially in alinementwith the upper edge of the container and a plurality of spaced pocketsin said cover projecting to substantially a common plane beyond thenormal plane of the outer face of said cover.

2. In a shipping vessel, a container, acover adapted to cooperatetherewith with the normal plane of the cover substantially in alinementwith the upper edge of the container, said cover being provided with aplurality of spaced pockets or receptacles of different capacities sodisposed with relation to the covered container as to present a relathetotal area of said cover adapted to facil-.

'the normal plane of the cover substantially. in alinement with theupper-tedgeeofthe con tainer, said cover being provided with a pluralityof spaced pockets or receptacles of different capacities so disposedwith relation to the covered container as to present a relatively; flatsurface of an area -less;than

itate'stac'king a: plurality of covered containers.

4. A conta ner wlth vertical slde walls, a

one piece cover having marginal flanges adapted to directly engage saidvertical walls and having therein a plurality of transversely extendingand widely spaced pockets, the normal plane of the' cover be-- ing insubstantial alinement with the top of the said side walls.

walls and a cover, the entire cover being 1' formed of asingle piece-ofsheet metal having vertical edge flanges in engagement with the sidewalls of' the container and having a plurality 'ofwidelyspaced pocketspressed :therein, the normal plane of-the'cover being ed. to contact.with the vertical walls of the container and provided with a pluralityof spaced pockets of different capacities so disposed with relation tothe container as to eX- tend transversely of and nearly across; the

sarne'withits normal plane substantially in line withthe upper edge ofthe container. 7. A coverfor a contalner comprising a single pieceof-metal pressed to form a closure having a head substantially parallelto the plane-of the top of a containerwhen-the cover is applied toacontai-ner, a container engaging flangefabout the peripheryof the headfor frictional gripping engagement -with' the walls of a .conta1ner, andspaced receptacle" forming portions extending from fthehead andhavingflat bottom forming 5; In combination, H/CODJCZHHBI' having sldeportions. disposed in a common plane substantially parallel to'the planeof the head. fIn witness whereof I'have hereunto set my hand.'

CHARLES MINER.

